Gambhir Ban: Sunil Gavaskar comments
Posted November 5th, 2008 by Nanda Comments Off
Gautam Gambhir vs Australia
Posted October 29th, 2008 by Nanda 1 Comment »
Watch this, Gauti vs Watson and Katich. Gautam Gambhir has been banned by the ICC for 1 test match. His appeal against the ban has been rejected by ICC. As expected, Shane Watson was penalized only 10% of his match fee. Simon Katich has not even been reported for his “mental disintegration”, aka sledging, tactics.
Watch this video closely and you will see how well the Aussies play “in the spirit of the game”. If this is what they call a “gentleman’s sport” then Australia should be banned from playing any form of cricket, their Test status should be stripped, and all the trophies that they have won should be returned back. If this was the military, Australian players would have been court-martialled a long time ago.
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Sachin a bad sport - Gilchrist
Posted October 25th, 2008 by Nanda No Comments »
The current controversy over what Gilly has writtin in his auto-biography seems to have been blown out of proportion by the Indian media, I think. Isn’t it true, that as per the Indian constitution, everyone has freedom of speech? Isn’t that supposed to be the very foundation of Democracy? Whatever Gilchrist wrote in his book are his personal thoughts and opinions. It doesn’t necessarily mean that its all true or not.
When Sunil Gavaskar recently called white match referees to be biased against Asian cricketers, isn’t he calling them racist. Where was the controversy there? So, in other words, Indians can say whatever they feel like and they are right as per the local media, yet if an Australian or a non-asian player says something it quickly becomes blasphemy.
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Moral dilemma
Posted October 22nd, 2008 by Nanda 1 Comment »
As an Indian supporter I was ecstatic with the enormity of the win yesterday. At the same time I was a bit depressed by the antics of some Indian players. If we claimed the moral high ground after the Test match in Sydney, then shouldn’t the players lead by example. There was no point for Zaheer Khan to display his childish celebrations in front of Matthew Hayden. This was in direct contrast to what the Indians always claim - that Australian players are too vocal on the field.
And then there is MS Dhoni. There was no point for him to say that he doesn’t mind a little bit of banter on the field as long as its within boundaries. It seems that Indians have lost the plot here. At one point they insist that only one team is playing in the spirit of the game (flashback Sydney test in January) and at another point they do the exact same thing.
I would also like to blame the Indian media here for not bringing this issue up. In the euphoria of this historical win, they have forgotten how vicously they attacked the Australian team after the Sydney test. They were the one who put BCCI under pressure to respond to the situation.
Zaheer Khan was rightfully fined 80% of his match fee. And if he had been a repeat offender, he would have received match suspension. His conduct was unbecoming of an international player representing their country.
Post your comments as I believe that their conduct during the second test needs to be debated.
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IPL - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkatta Knight Riders
Posted May 3rd, 2008 by Nanda No Comments »
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